The jackpot pool of #17,634 was not won on day one of the Festival after a number of surprise results including the victory of El-Libaab in the featured nursery.
Gordon Power's mount headed Ameras well inside the final furlong to score by 1/2L.
The carryover was confirmed before the final leg of the 'pot' when Carton's Bridge (14/1 but paid #35.50 on the Tote) made a successful debut under rules in div 2 of the novice chase.
The point-to-point winner led was prominent throughout, and rallied from before the last to beat Handsome Does by 4L.
The third last fence was omitted in this race as the riders felt the deep ground was hard to jump out of, and the fence will be adjusted overnight.
Aldino (4/7-4/5f) proved an easy winner under Norman Williamson of division 1, leading three out to beat No Messin' by 15L.
'He has only had one schooling session at Clonmel, and will run next at Tipperary (Oct 1),' said trainer Ronnie O'Leary.
Spokesman (9/4-100/30f) took the 2m amateur riders handicap for the second successive year, heading Moscow Express inside the final furlong for a 2L win.
'He will probably go for the Cesarewitch and the Leopardstown November Handicap,' said Christy Roche afterwards by phone from his Curragh yard.
Golden Storm made a big impression on his jumping debut in the 3yo hurdle, drawing clear after three out to readily account for stablemate Neutron by 20L.
'He is very athletic, and handles heavy ground well. Ruby (Walsh) was very impressed with him,' said Frances Crowley.
Dustin (Paul Hourigan) led before two out to record a convincing 6L victory over Lisard River in the 2m handicap hurdle.
The placepot pool of #7,793 is also carried forward to Tuesday's card, while the Tote aggregate was up #40,000 compared with last year's figure of #126,003 (7 races).
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